2019 Ministerial Notice

The 2019 Ministerial Notice was issued on 24 October 2018. The 2019 Data Requirements and Change Control document includes information about any changes that have been made since the 2018 reporting year to the files and elements included in the data collection and when you need to report and verify your data.

Reporting requirements may be updated from time to time. Providers must keep up to date about any changes. Check the HEIMS Data Collections eNews for updates. If you print the requirements ensure you keep up to date - HEIMSHELP provides the latest data requirements at all times.

What?

What do you report?

The 2019 submission guidelines and data elements will be published as new web pages as soon as possible. In the meantime we have all applicable documents available to download in DOCX & PDF format from the Ministerial Notice documents page.

As part of your data requirements you will also need to allocate a CHESSN to some of your students. See the CHESSN toolkit for more information.

When?

When do you report?

The key dates and reporting deadlines calendar will be updated with the due dates for reporting higher education student data to the department.
For deadlines specific to the 2019 reporting year see the reporting schedule.

You must report data by the legislated deadlines. If you don't report in time, your organisation may be in breach of HESA. It may also be at risk of having its payments stopped.

It is important that you don't wait to the due date to start reporting your data. You will need enough time to prepare, validate and submit your data. You will need to work through any errors or issues contained in the data before the deadline.

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We can help you work out a training program for your organisation. Contact us for more information.

How?

How do you report?

Most higher education student data (except Commonwealth Scholarships and CHESSNs) is reported using the Higher Education Provider Client Assistance Tool (HEPCAT) which is a PC based application provided by the department. It helps you to prepare, validate and submit your data to HEIMS.

The Reporting with HEPCAT toolkit provides you with all the information you need to successfully install HEPCAT and submit your data. It includes system requirements (what type of PC you need to have), the HEPCAT user guide, access to relevant online training videos and recorded webinars.

Need more help?

We can help you work out a training program for your organisation. Contact us for more information.

Revising your data

You can revise your data reported to HEIMS at any time. You may need to revise your data if you identify an error when checking your data after a submission or when verifying your data during the verification periods.

The Revising your data toolkit provides you with the information you need to correct errors in data that you have reported to the Higher Education Information Management System (HEIMS). It will explain the different methods of revising your higher education student data.